OHS Knowledge Areas in Manufacturing

814: Overhead crane and hoist safety

Overhead cranes and hoists are a source of a wide variety of hazards and potentially severe risks. This category of hazard includes equipment such as:

– Lifting apparatus
– Cranes
– Conveyors
– Elevators
– Dumbwaiters
– Escalators and moving walks
– Manlifts

These hazards often relate to working at heights, but can also be hazards due to the risk of mechanical failure involving machinery failing or loads being dropped. It is important that the OHS professional understands the limits of their own knowledge, and recognizes when it is necessary to bring in additional expertise.

In order to act as an effective resource in their workplace, the OHS professional should be familiar with:

– Legislation, regulations, guidelines, and standards that pertain to overhead cranes and hoists
– Reading capacity ratings and load charts
– The basics of use and operation of cranes and hoists

Prerequisite

None

References in Other Frameworks

BCRSP: EPRF8; INSHPO: A5, B6, OHS BoK

Understand and Remember

– Relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines and standards that pertain to overhead cranes and hoists
– How to read capacity ratings and load charts
– How to identify hazards related to overhead cranes and hoists hazards in a workplace
– Effective controls for hazards related to overhead cranes and hoists in the workplace

Apply and Analyze

– Identify specific overhead cranes and hoists hazards in a workplace
– Identify opportunities for changes to workplace procedures or controls and make recommendations
– Communicate recommendations and their rationale to workers and managers
– Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new or changing overhead cranes and hoists hazards and risks
– Provide training in safe operating procedures for overhead cranes and hoists

Evaluate and Create

– Conduct a hazard and risk assessment
– Conduct a review of the overhead cranes and hoists management processes in a workplace
– Identify areas of excellence
– Identify areas of (non)compliance
– Identify opportunities for improvement
– Conduct a training needs analysis
– Develop workplace training for safe operating procedures for overhead cranes and hoists
– Develop safety resources for newly introduced overhead cranes and hoists or previously unidentified hazards or risks
– Develop and maintain an overhead cranes and hoists management program

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